Ewing Public Schools

The Ewing Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serve students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Ewing Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.

Ewing Public Schools
Address
1331 Lower Ferry Road Ewing, NJ 08618 United States
Coordinates	40.273959°N 74.792198°W
District information
Grades	Pre-K to 12
Superintendent	Michael Nitti
Business administrator	Dennis Nettleton
Schools	5
Students and staff
Enrollment	3,625 (as of 2017-18)[1]
Faculty	338.7 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	10.7:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	DE
Website	www.ewing.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $20,290 74 $18,891 7.4% 1 Budgetary Cost 15,265 65 14,783 3.3% 2 Classroom Instruction 9,156 70 8,763 4.5% 6 Support Services 2,000 32 2,392 −16.4% 8 Administrative Cost 1,422 47 1,485 −4.2% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,799 67 1,783 0.9% 13 Extracurricular Activities 301 73 268 12.3% 16 Median Teacher Salary 61,696 33 64,043 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

As of the 2017-18 school year, the district and its five schools had an enrollment of 3,625 students and 338.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.7:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[3]

The Ewing Public Education Foundation, established in 1995, is an independent, not-for-profit citizen's organization whose mission is to mobilize community support, concern, commitment and resources to help improve the quality of education in Ewing Township. EPEF provides grants to Ewing Township Schools for innovative educational programs through fund-raising activities, and corporate and institutional sponsorship. The Foundation also seeks to match corporate and organizational donors with teachers to fund additional projects of mutual interest. These programs enhance the educational experience without the use of additional taxpayer dollars.[4]

History

A court case filed in 1946 challenged a policy of the Ewing Public Schools under which the district provided bus transportation to students living in the districts who attended private parochial schools. In Everson v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled for the first time that state and local government were subject to the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, but that it had not been violated in this instance.[5]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2017-18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:[7][8]

Elementary schools

• W. L. Antheil Elementary School[9] (708 students; in grades PreK-5)
  • Jennifer Whitner, Principal
  • Michelle Conway, Assistant Principal
• Francis Lore Elementary School[10] (580; K-5)
  • Kelly Kawalek, Principal
• Parkway Elementary School[11] (424; K-5)
  • Nicole Harris, Principal

Middle school

• Gilmore J. Fisher Middle School[12] (747) for grades 6-8
  • Maggy Hanna, Principal
  • Hugh Dwyer, Assistant Principal
  • Scott Sheplock, Assistant Principal

High school

• Ewing High School[13] (1,118) for grades 9-12
  • Edward Chmiel, Principal
  • Clifford Harrison, Assistant Principal
  • Shalieka Jarrett, Assistant Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[14]

• Michael Nitti, Superintendent[15]
• Dennis Nettleton, Business Administrator / Board Secretary[16]

References

1. District information for Ewing Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2014.
4. Home page Archived 2014-09-11 at the Wayback Machine, Ewing Public Education Foundation. Accessed October 28, 2014.
5. Everson v. Board of Education of the Township of Ewing, Cornell Law School. Accessed January 24, 2012.
6. School Data for the Ewing Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
7. School Administrators, Ewing Public Schools. Accessed December 7, 2019.
8. New Jersey School Directory for the Ewing Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
9. W. L. Antheil Elementary School, Ewing Public Schools. Accessed December 7, 2019.
10. Francis Lore Elementary School, Ewing Public Schools. Accessed December 7, 2019.
11. Parkway Elementary School, Ewing Public Schools. Accessed December 7, 2019.
12. Gilmore J. Fisher Middle School, Ewing Public Schools. Accessed December 7, 2019.
13. Ewing High School, Ewing Public Schools. Accessed December 7, 2019.
14. New Jersey School Directory for Mercer County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
15. Superintendent, Ewing Public Schools. Accessed December 7, 2019.
16. School Business Administrator, Board Secretary, Ewing Public Schools. Accessed December 7, 2019.

External links

• Ewing Public Schools
• Ewing Public Schools's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Ewing Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics